Dome Fire Reaches 6,632 Acres in Yosemite, 40% Contained as of Oct. 3
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In 2025, fire departments serving Murrieta responded to 251 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 46% of all calls.
May peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,394 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $13.6M cumulative property loss. 6 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 278 | — | |
| 2022 | 266 | -4.3% | |
| 2023 | 294 | +10.5% | |
| 2024 | 305 | +3.7% | |
| 2025 | 251 | -17.7% |
For the 24 building fires Murrieta departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 409 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 94 | 23.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 32 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 24 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 23 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 21 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 15 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 14 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 13 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 13 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 141 | 34.5% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Murrieta mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 107 | 26.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 52 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 46 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 36 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 22 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 20 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 19 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 11 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 67 | 16.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Murrieta departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 68% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $110,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Murrieta sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
7 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 6 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,320,685 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 280,059 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 197,990 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 91,281 | 43.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65,000 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 61,690 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 59,788 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 56,427 | 25.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,000 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Other causes | 49,390 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,200 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 33,424 | 31.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30,305 | 37.7 mi |
Top 10 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Murrieta. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.